The Artemis II crew made it safely back to Earth – 35 responses celebrating the joy, humour and sheer optimistic humanity of it all
23.
Elon Musk didn’t go to the moon.
Jeff Bezos didn’t go to the moon.
NASA went to the moon.
— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) April 11, 2026
24.
Welcome home https://t.co/4ExubVa67d
— Google Earth (@googleearth) April 11, 2026
25.
Unfortunately the astronauts must solve a captcha to open the hatch
— Tad Ghostal (@poe_collector) April 11, 2026
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I can’t imagine being at Mission Control for those 6 minutes where they can’t communicate with the astronauts while the vessel is legit on fire the absolute stress
— Nini ✨ (@ExileftNini) April 10, 2026
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Math so precise they’ve made going to space and coming back look simple. Humans are incredible.
— Weffrey Jellington (@jeffwellz) April 11, 2026
28.
our astronaut friends have reignited a flame within me man. it’s been the coolest ten days, i’m alive, i’m alive.
— t. (@thandoau) April 10, 2026
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Not a SINGLE SpaceX mission has ever garnered the kind of press & goodwill of Artemis II. And that’s for good reason: humanity can never truly rally behind a corporation.
NASA is for the people and by the people. SpaceX is for the shareholders.
— Chris Alvino (@ChrisAlvino) April 10, 2026
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THEY SENT FOUR HUMAN BEINGS 452,000 KILOMETRES BEHIND THE MOON AND BROUGHT THEM BACK TO SPLASH DOWN IN THE EXACT SPOT THEY CALCULATED BEFORE THEY EVER LEFT THE GROUND
THE MATHEMATICS WORKED. THE PHYSICS HELD. THE SILENCE ENDED.
EVERY ENGINEER, MATHEMATICIAN, PHYSICIST, AND…
— OLA (@danielholkss) April 11, 2026
31.
do u think the artemis astronauts got up and grabbed their carry on bags from the overhead compartment the moment they splashed down
— chefkids (@girlflopping) April 11, 2026
32.
now what am i supposed to do now that i don’t have my emotional support astronauts anymore
— Jasmine (@astro_jaz) April 11, 2026
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our good friends in space waiting to be picked up after splashdown pic.twitter.com/9Wm7rKE3tq
— (@shura) April 11, 2026
34.
RELEVANT AGAIN https://t.co/UqPNzQr8Wy
— the hollanov manifesto (@rangerstrash) April 11, 2026
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Lol idk who made this but it made me giggle pic.twitter.com/9FmX1TJy6Z
— Olivia Stalvey (Even in Ruin) (@OliviaStalvey) April 10, 2026